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FFA is a three-letter acronym that may stand for:

Aviation and the military[link]

• First Flight Airport, IATA code for the tiny airstrip in Kitty Hawk where the first flight occurred in 1903.
• Free-fire area, in U.S. military parlance, a fire-control measure.
• Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein, a Swiss aircraft and railway vehicle manufacturer.
• Forces françaises en Allemagne, the French Forces in West Germany
• Feldflieger Abteilung, field aviation units of the (German air service) in World War I.

Business[link]

• Forward Freight Agreement, seller agrees to pay for freight and bill buyer at a previously agreed price.
• Full Freight Allowed, seller pays freight to destination (see equivalent Incoterm "Free Alongside Ship" (FAS))
• Finder's fee Agreement, a type of intermediary agreement.
• Field Force Automation, he use of technology to capture field sales or service information in real time

Games and sports[link]

• Final Fantasy Adventure, Game Boy game that is actually part of the "Mana" series
• Final Fantasy Anthology, a computer role-playing game compilation
• First free ascent, in climbing, a free ascent made using equipment for protection only
• Free for All, Term used to describe a style of game play where there aren't any teams.

Fisheries[link]

• Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency, see Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific, a regional organisation to build national capacity and regional solidarity to manage Pacific tuna resources.
• Future Fish Association

Finance[link]

• FFA Private Bank
• Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries
• Fellow member of the Institute of Financial Accountants
• Forward-forward agreement, a type of financial agreement.
• Free File Alliance, a public-private partnership between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and tax software companies like Intuit.
• Full fiscal autonomy for Scotland

Science and computing[link]

• Fusiform face area, a brain region which specializes in facial recognition.
• Fast folding algorithm, a signal processing algorithm
• Ford–Fulkerson algorithm, a max flow algorithm
• Free fatty acid, in chemistry, a fatty acid unattached to other molecules.
• Free-for-all website, a Web page that consists of a long list of Web sites, and allows anyone to add their own Web site (with a description) to the list.
• Finite field arithmetic, a special branch of mathematics.
• Fundus fluorescein angiography, a technique for examining circulation of the retina

Sport organizations[link]

• Football Federation Australia, the governing body of association football in Australia
• Football Federation of Armenia, the governing body of association football in Armenia

Others[link]

• Food for Animals, an American hip-hop group
• Ferrara Fire Apparatus, a builder of fire trucks and other emergency vehicles
• The National FFA Organization, an American youth organization previously known as "Future Farmers of America" and centered around agricultural pursuits, but now known by its initials.
• Female Fat Admirer.

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Matthew Jason Anderson (born August 17, 1976 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher.

Early life and college career[link]

Anderson attended St. Xavier High School, which was also attended by major leaguers Paul Byrd, Chris Burke, and Jack Savage. After high school, he went on to Rice University. In 1995, he was a Southwest Conference All-Star. In 1997 he was a Western Athletic Conference All-Star and a First Team College All-American. Anderson set Rice University school records for career wins (30) and saves (14), and he also posted a 1.82 ERA during his final year with the Owls. In the 1997 amateur entry draft, Anderson was picked first overall by the Detroit Tigers. He eventually signed with the team for a $2.5 million signing bonus.

Professional career[link]

Anderson was named top prospect in the Cape Cod League in 1996 and was named the 24th best prospect in 1998 by Baseball America. In 1998, he was called up by the Tigers from the minors, where he had an ERA under 0.70. In his first major league season, he went 5–1 with a 3.27 ERA in 42 games. He also struck out 44 batters in 44 innings pitched.

In May, 2002, Anderson tore a muscle in the armpit of his throwing arm after participating in an octopus-throwing contest in hopes of winning Detroit Red Wings playoff tickets.^[1] After returning from the injury, he was unable to hit 90 mph on his fastball in his remaining days in Detroit, after regularly topping 100 mph on the radar gun, including a high mark of 103 mph twice.^[2]

Since then, he has not posted an ERA under 4.72 in the Major Leagues, or 3.79 in the minors. In 2005, he walked 11 batters and gave up 19 hits in 10 innings with the Colorado Rockies.

He started off the 2006 season with Triple-A Fresno in the San Francisco Giants organization. After going 1–2 with a 9.17 ERA in 29 games in relief with Fresno, he was released by the Giants and signed with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the independent Atlantic League, where he went 1–1 with a 4.11 ERA in 15 games. ^[3]

After not pitching at all in 2007, he was signed to a minor league contract with a non-roster invitation to spring training for 2008 by the Chicago White Sox. Anderson did not make the team and pitched for the Charlotte Knights, the White Sox's Triple-A team.

On January 14, 2011 Anderson signed a minor league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. On April 2, 2011, he was released.

Personal life[link]

Matt resides in Louisville, KY and his ex-wife Rebecca Norton, and their sons Jacob, Nathan, Joe, and daughter Sunny currently reside in Peachtree City, GA.

References[link]

http://www.rice.edu/projects/thresher/issues/85/970829/Sports/Story02.html

External links[link]

Baseball portal

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)